Biography:Don Pardo is a legendary radio and television announcer. Since the 1950s, Pardo has been an in-house announcer for the NBC television network. He, Milton Berle, and Bob Hope are the only three people to have been offered lifetime contracts by the network. His best known announcing work is for the television series Saturday Night Live; he has been with the show since it premiered in 1975, except for one season (1981-2).